In the following year Ludovico il Moro the young aspirant to the throne was exiled to Pisa, and only returned to Milan i. - from The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete by Leonardo Da Vinci

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And did we not make special provision for this, when we said that the disciples of philosophy were to be orderly and steadfast, not, as now, any chance aspirant or intrude. - from The Republic by Plato

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And yet these opposite elements are all necessary, and therefore, as we were saying before, the aspirant must be tested in pleasures and dangers and also, as we must now further add, in the highest branches of knowledge. - from The Republic by Plato

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So that the more aspirants to that bliss Are multiplied, more good is there to love, And more is lov'd as mirrors, that reflect, Each unto other, propagated light. - from The Divine Comedy, Complete by Dante Alighieri